SC-2 | |
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Type | Reentry capsule Test article |
Class | Gemini |
Manufacturer | McDonnell |
Manufactured | 1964 |
Flight history | |
First flight | Gemini 2 January 19, 1965 |
Last flight | OPS 0855 November 3, 1966 |
Flights | 2 |
Preserved at | Air Force Space and Missile Museum |
Gemini SC-2 (Spacecraft No. 2) was the second NASA Project Gemini full-up reentry capsule built. This McDonnell Gemini capsule was the first space capsule to be reused, flying twice in suborbital flights. SC-2 flew on Gemini 2 and OPS 0855 flights. The capsule is currently on display at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[1]
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Spacecraft history[edit]
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The capsule is part of the collection of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.[2]
On 19 January 1965, the Gemini 2 suborbital test mission was launched, with the second prototype Gemini capsule.[3][4]
In March 1965, NASA approved the transfer of the Gemini 2 capsule to the USAF for modification into the first prototype of the Gemini B capsule.[5]
On 3 November 1965, the first Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) and Gemini B suborbital test mission was launched.[5] Thus, if one don't count the Mercury capsule used on flights Mercury-Redstone 1 and Mercury-Redstone 1A, the Mercury capsule used on test flights Little Joe 5A and Little Joe 5B, or the Mercury capsule used on flights Mercury-Atlas 3 and Mercury Atlas 4, it became the only reentry capsule of the United States to be reflown.[6] It is also the first capsule to ever be flown twice in space.[7]
The capsule was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, as part of the National Air and Space Museum collection.[2]
Roxio secure burn 1 2017. The a mock-up of the Gemini B capsule was put on display in the Allan and Malcolm Lockheed and Glenn Martin Space Gallery at the National Museum of the USAF in 2016.[2]
The flown Gemini SC-2 capsule was put on display in the exhibit hall of the Air Force Space and Missile Museum of the USAF in 2017.[3]
Flight history[edit]
Flight № | Mission | Launch date (UTC) | Launch | Landing | Notes |
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1 | Gemini 2 | 19 January 1965 | NASA Mission | [3][4][5] | |
2 | OPS 0855 | 3 November 1966 | USAF Mission; first reflight of a previously flown reentry capsule | [3][4][5] |
See also[edit]
- Falcon 9 booster B1021 – the first Falcon 9 first stage booster to be reused for a space launch mission
- McDonnell Douglas DC-X – Prototype single-stage-to-orbit rocket, 1990s
- New Shepard – Rocket developed by Blue Origin
- SpaceShipOne – Suborbital air-launched spaceplane
- Dragon C106 – the first Dragon capsule to be reused for a spaceflight mission
References[edit]
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- ^USAF (23 May 2020). 'Gemini Spacecraft'. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
- ^ abcUSAF (4 April 2016). 'Gemini Spacecraft'. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
- ^ abcdUSAF (2017). 'Gemini Capsule'. Air Force Space and Missile Museum.
- ^ abc'Gemini-B: NASA-Gemini's Air Force Twin'(PDF). Historic Space Systems Infosheet. No. 1. Historic Space Systems. September 1996.
- ^ abcdAmy Shira Teitel (3 November 2015). 'The Manned Orbiting Laboratory the Air Force Failed to Launch'. Popular Science.
- ^James Dean (3 November 2016). '50 years ago, Air Force 'MOL' program launched only mission'. Florida Today.
- ^Terry Roen (3 November 2016). 'Air Force celebrates 50th anniversary of Gemini launch'. Orlando Rising.
Further reading[edit]
- 'Gemini-B: NASA-Gemini's Air Force Twin'(PDF). Historic Space Systems Infosheet. No. 1. Historic Space Systems. September 1996.
- James M. Grimwood; Barton C. Hacker; Peter J. Vorzimmer. Project Gemini: Technology and Operations: A Chronology. NASA. SP-4002.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Carl Berger (1970). History of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program (MOL)(PDF). MOL Program Office. Department of the Air Force (USA). BYE-68204/70.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gemini spacecraft No. 2. |
- 'Index, Declassified Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Records'. National Reconnaissance Office (U.S. NRO). 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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